1990 Eisenhower Trophy

1990 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates25–28 October
LocationChristchurch, New Zealand
Course(s)Christchurch Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length7,002 yards (6,403 m)
Field33 teams
131 players
Champion
 Sweden
Klas Eriksson, Mathias Grönberg,
Gabriel Hjertstedt & Per Nyman
879 (+15)
Location map
Christchurch Golf Club is located in New Zealand
Christchurch Golf Club
Christchurch Golf Club
Location in New Zealand
Christchurch Golf Club is located in Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch Golf Club
Christchurch Golf Club
Location in Christchurch
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The 1990 Eisenhower Trophy took place 25 to 28 October at the Christchurch Golf Club near Christchurch, New Zealand. It was the 17th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 33 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

Sweden won the Eisenhower Trophy for the first time, finishing 13 strokes ahead of the joint silver medalists, New Zealand and United States with Canada, France and Japan tied for fourth place. Mathias Grönberg had the lowest individual score, 2-under-par 286, six strokes better than fellow-Swede Gabriel Hjertstedt.[1]

Teams

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33 teams contested the event. Each team had four players with the exception of team Brazil who only had three.[2]

Country Players
 Argentina Fernando Chiesa, Ronaldo Damm, Martin Lonardi, Diego Ventureira
 Australia Robert Allenby, Chris Gray, Lester Peterson, John Wade
 Austria Marcus Brier, Alexander Peterskovsky, Fritz Poppmeier, Rudi Sailer
 Belgium Christophe Bosmans, Emanuel Janssens, Amaury D'Ogimont, Dany Vanbegin
 Bermuda Scott Mayne, David Purcell, Jack Wahl, Robert Vallis
 Brazil Patrick Caussin, Rafael Gonzalez, Wagner Rocumback
 Canada Jeff Cannon, Craig Marseilles, Doug Roxburgh, Warren Sye
 Chinese Taipei Chang Tse-peng, Huang Tze-lang, Tsai Chi-huang, Yeh Wei-tze
 Denmark Jan Andersen, Jacob Greisen, Bjørn Norgaard, Henrik Simonsen
 Fiji Mahmood Buksh, Dharam Rrakash, Jalen Raman, Indra Warjan
 Finland Anssi Kankonen, Petri Pulkinen, Juha Selin, Erkki Välimaa
 France Christian Cévaër, Olivier Edmond, François Illouz, Christophe Pottier
 Germany Rainer Mund, Hans-Günter Raiter, Jan Schapmann, Ekkehart Schieffer,
 Great Britain
&  Ireland
Andrew Coltart, Gary Evans, Jim Milligan, Ricky Willison
 Guatemala Gerardo Berger, Oscar Castillo, Francisco Escobar, Rolando Vasquez
 Hong Kong Derek Fung, Ian Hindhaygh, Scott Rowe, David Tonroe
 Italy Massimo Florioli, Enrico Nistri, Marcello Santi, Massimo Scarpa
 Ivory Coast Bertin Djedji, Alain Danho, Siaka Kone, Marcel Suoumahoro
 Japan Noriaki Kimura, Yasunobu Kuramoto, Shigeki Maruyama, Kiyotaka Oie
 Malaysia John Eu, P. Gunasagaran, Wong Hung Nung, Saad Yusuf
 Mexico Roberto Lebrija, Alejandro Munoz, Federico Ortiz, Miguel Quijano
 Netherlands Stephane Lovey, Rolf Muntz, Rik Ruts, Michael Vogel
 New Zealand Steven Alker, Michael Long, Grant Moorhead, Brent Paterson
 Norway Knut Ekjord, Bjørn Hage, Thomas Nielsen, Øyvind Rojahn
 Philippines Danilo Cabajar, Felix Cassius Casas, Francis Gaston, Vince Lauron
 Puerto Rico Elvin Cordova, Elvin Gonzalez, Luis Juncos, Andres Subira
 Singapore Dino Kwek, Kevin Lee, Douglas Oui, John Pang
 South Korea Joo Hwan Ahn, Ik Je Chang, Jin Kun Oh, Hye Sik Min
 Spain Diego Borrego, Eduardo de la Riva, Snr, Tomás Jesus Muñoz, Alfonso Vidaer
 Sweden Klas Eriksson, Mathias Grönberg, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Per Nyman
 Switzerland Kouroche Achtari, Chritophe Bovet, Markus Frank, Thomas Gottstein
 United States Allen Doyle, David Duval, David Eger, Phil Mickelson
 Zimbabwe Michael Dardagan, Ross Dennett, Anderson Rusike, Craig Singleton

Scores

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Place Country Score To par
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sweden 215-212-229-223=879 +15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 222-222-230-218=892 +28
 United States 227-222-223-220=892
T4  Canada 224-222-227-230=903 +39
 France 228-221-231-223=903
 Japan 228-224-232-219=903
7  Italy 227-231-230-218=906 +42
8  Australia 224-228-232-224=908 +44
9  Great Britain
&  Ireland
228-226-226-230=910 +46
10  Spain 234-228-230-219=911 +47
11  Argentina 222-219-233-241=915 +51
12  Netherlands 228-224-240-228=920 +56
T13  Denmark 240-231-232-221=924 +60
 Germany 241-219-237-227=924
 Norway 231-221-240-232=924
16  Finland 236-224-234-231=925 +61
17  South Korea 222-233-239-233=927 +63
18  Switzerland 227-236-239-226=928 +64
19  Mexico 236-232-237-231=936 +72
T20  Malaysia 234-232-241-232=939 +75
 Philippines 231-235-234-239=939
22  Austria 237-242-231-230=940 +76
23  Belgium 238-232-240-233=943 +79
24  Hong Kong 235-233-243-233=944 +80
25  Chinese Taipei 238-239-245-235=957 +93
26  Singapore 241-243-239-235=958 +94
27  Bermuda 242-247-236-235=960 +96
28  Ivory Coast 240-239-244-239=962 +98
29  Brazil 245-236-239-246=966 +102
30  Zimbabwe 239-248-241-241=969 +105
31  Fiji 246-251-259-243=999 +135
32  Puerto Rico 253-256-274-248=1031 +167
33  Guatemala 263-263-260-269=1055 +191

Source:[2]

Individual leaders

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There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Mathias Grönberg  Sweden 70-67-77-72=286 −2
2 Gabriel Hjertstedt  Sweden 73-71-74-74=292 +4
T3 Michael Long  New Zealand 71-71-79-73=294 +6
Shigeki Maruyama  Japan 72-75-75-72=294
5 Olivier Edmond  France 75-72-74-75=296 +8
T6 Roberto Lebrija  Mexico 72-73-78-75=298 +10
Massimo Scarpa  Italy 76-76-76-70=298
T8 David Duval  United States 77-69-77-76=299 +11
Massimo Florioli  Italy 74-78-76-71=299
Phil Mickelson  United States 78-78-72-71=299

Source:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Tävling, Den cigarren smakade gott, VM 1990" [Competition, That cigar tasted fine, World Amateur Golf Team Championships 1990]. Svensk Golf. No. 11. November 1990. pp. 67–75. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Record Book 1990 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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